Arts
Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Who was the first Black American to have a seat on the New York Stock Exchange?
Joseph L. Searles
For what type of music was Bob Marley famous?
Reggae
In what state did Nat Turner lead a slave revolt that killed 55 white people?
Virginia
Who was the first Black American woman doctor?
Rebecca Lee
Langston Hughes was responsible for publishing what Black American magazine?
The Nation
Who is Mary Ann Shadd Cary?
Black Newspaperwoman
In what 1984 movie did artist Prince have a starring role?
Purple Rain
Who was the first Black American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor?
William Carney
Mary Eliza Merritt, the first African American nurse licensed in Kentucky, was awarded a certificate of merit from what U.S. President?
President Woodrow Wilson
What city known for jazz music had great influence on Mahalia Jackson?
New Orleans
In 1981 Pam Johnson became the first black woman to control which mainstream daily publication?
Ithaca Journal
What famous singer played guitar for Little Richard before starting his solo career?
Jimi Hendrix
In 1787 black Methodists Richard Allen and Absalom Jones established what nondenominational religious association and mutual aid society?
the Free African Society of Philadelphia
Shirley Ann Jackson was the first Black American to earn a PhD from M.I.T. in what subject?
Physics
What musical genre emerged from three heavily populated Black isolated areas, the Mississippi Delta, the Piedmont, and East Texas
The Blues
What magazine is called “The Magazine of Today’s Black Woman”?
Essence
In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Training Day
What famous march helped influence the Voting Rights Acts passed in August 1965?
March on Selma
What was the profession of Garland H. Brooks, Hopkinsville native and Howard University graduate?
Pharmacist
The New York-born artist Edmonia Lewis, of African-American and Native-American descent, studied at Oberlin College in the early 1860s and later gained fame as what type of artist?
Sculptor
Who founded the publication Black Enterprise in 1970?
Earl G. Graves, Sr.
This person is one of the most successful African-American country singers of all time, with a career spanning over 40 years. He is also the first African-American to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Name him.
Charley Pride
In 1961 groups of black and white volunteers traveled together on bus trips in the South to test the desegregation of buses and restaurants. By what name was this group known?
Freedom Riders
In 1978, Ronald McNair was accepted by NASA for its astronaut candidate program. What is NASA‟s full name?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration